Man arrested in meth bust held on $107,000 bond

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Sep 13, 2013 at 12:01 AM

Andy Hoffman

A $107,000 bond has been set for a man arrested Wednesday following a raid on a meth lab in West Burlington.

Adam Michael Sirtak, 34, 105 E. Pennington St. in West Burlington, was charged with manufacturing methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine precursors, maintaining a drug house and possession of drug paraphernalia.

A second person arrested, Brandy K. Smyth, 19, 2921 Lawn Ave. in Burlington, pleaded guilty Thursday to a single misdemeanor charge of possession of drug paraphernalia.

Smyth, who was at the residence when a search warrant was executed, was fined $75 plus court costs.

Investigators said additional charges are expected in the case, but declined to say who would be charged or what the charges might be.

According to Des Moines County District Court records, police raided the residence after receiving numerous complaints from neighbors about an unusual amount of traffic in and out of the house.

The Southeast Iowa Narcotics Task Force obtained a search warrant that was executed Wednesday. According to district court documents, numerous items associated with the manufacturing of methamphetamine were discovered, including lithium batteries, cold medicine, instant cold packs and two-liter soda pop bottles used to make methamphetamine.

People using methamphetamine will "use needles, pipes and tin foil to ingest" the drug, authorities said.

Wednesday's raid was the fifth methamphetamine incident in Burlington in the past month.

Lt. Jeff Klein, commander of the drug task force unit, said the increased manufacturing of methamphetamine in southeast Iowa is because "the components needed to make (methamphetamine) are readily accessible and inexpensive."

District Court Judge Michael Dieterich ordered Sirtak to appear in court at 2 p.m. Sept. 20. If convicted of the charges, he could be sentenced to 20 years in prison.

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